Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [vb -s] more [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Atmospheric stuff that gradually gets more atmospheric until on ‘ Meditation Mix ’ there 's no music anymore , just atmosphere . |
| 2 | I like to know what their intentions are , what they are hoping to achieve in that lesson and that cumulatively becomes more specific because it 's based on what we said last time . |
| 3 | Wood is also a good insulator and so makes more economic sense if you intend heating the greenhouse during the winter . |
| 4 | Elsham signalbox is situated in a very remote part of the Lincolnshire countryside and thus evokes more strange happenings that baffled John Daubney when he had to take over the box as a relief signalman . |
| 5 | I went on to say in the new world in which we live legislation has grown like topsy and thus requires more drastic pruning . |
| 6 | The bite itself may be painless and even go unnoticed , but within ten minutes to one hour symptoms start to appear ; a dull pain spreads from the region of the bite and gradually becomes more severe , causing cramps , vomiting , perspiration and copious salivation . |
| 7 | The sporophore is at first a whitish-grey , unpleasant-looking fleshy growth and gradually becomes more leathery and dewy . |
| 8 | A portfolio of over 30 short courses complements the longer programmes and also meets more specialist requirements . |
| 9 | Attempting to shape therapeutic interventions in a form that allows a research project to develop may add a rewarding dimension to clinical work , and often stimulates more academic interest . |
| 10 | Nevertheless , prison staff often complain that understaffing ( combined sometimes with other deficiencies in material resources ) reduces security in prisons , making prison officers more vulnerable to attack from inmates and making breakdowns in control and even escapes more likely . |
| 11 | The other type of cat — one that is given a more excitingly varied diet — has its ‘ food variety mechanism ’ fully activated throughout its life and therefore becomes more demanding and fussy with food . |
| 12 | The Alpine heartland is cold but still has more dry days than wet . |
| 13 | The range of objects tested covers the whole spectrum of datable materials found on archaeological sites but also encompasses more exotic items such as embroidered silk and carved ivory . |
| 14 | DAS supports its own file format called Cfast but also supports more common ANIM and IFF formats . |
| 15 | His promotion in 1644 to the important post of co-secretary to the new committee of both kingdoms may have been partly because he was already known to , and trusted by , its Scottish members , but also suggests more direct patronage . |